Getting Things Done Item Tracking

Getting Things Done, commonly abbreviated as GTD, is an action management method, and the title of a book by David Allen.

GTD rests on the principle that a person needs to move tasks out of the mind by recording them somewhere. That way, the mind is freed from the job of remembering everything that needs to be done, and can concentrate on actually performing those tasks.


GTD: A New Cult for the Info Age
A holy book for the information age is turning stressed-out worker bees into members of an unlikely new cult obsessed with keeping an empty inbox.

To converts, popular time-management manual Getting Things Done is a way of life and its author, personal productivity coach David Allen, leader of their flock.

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Allen gained notoriety in corporate circles when the hardback was first published in 2001, proposing a new philosophy for slicing through tasks, managing projects and boosting efficiency.

But the mentor's teachings have taken on a life of their own, thanks to online buzz from a devoted movement of fans who say the way of "GTD" has helped them do more stuff with less stress.

"It has changed my life irrevocably," said Marc Orchant of Albuquerque, New Mexico, who calls Allen "my guru" and who uses time saved by following the doctrine to earn extra income from writing five blogs and hosting a weekly technology radio show.

Many who have reaped a streamlined work life and extra family time by singing from the GTD hymnal are now using web tools to spread the word with an almost evangelical zeal.

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There are already stand-alone and email plug-ins to track the items and tasks. Could be a simple web site to allow users to create account, track items, and display relevant ads.

The web-based app is already done (with Ruby On Rails) though apparently it is for download and not hosted anywhere.
Tracks is a web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology. It was built using Ruby on Rails, and comes with a built-in webserver (WEBrick), so that you can run it on your own computer if you like. It can be run on any platform on which Ruby can be installed, including Mac OS X, Windows XP and Linux. Tracks is Open Source, free and licensed under the GNU GPL.

Light-weight TaskToy.